This week we are so proud (and relieved!) to finally reveal the project that we have been working on for over half a year: our new website portal.  Right now, at www.FORGEnow.org, you can experience something that is extremely rare in the international development field - a direct connection with the projects on-the-ground, and the opportunity to select and support exactly what stirs your passions.  In addition to beautiful photography and videos from our International Communication Managers and refugee staff, there are blogs directly from the refugees who lead our projects and pictures of their work in action.  The site is designed to break down the distance barrier so often encountered in international giving.  It is designed to allow ordinary people the opportunity to directly connect to the project of their choice and the people that it impacts, to be able to see and learn from their hopes and needs, and to hear from and interact with the community itself.   

 
The site has literally just been launched and this is the first time I'm announcing it publicly, so none of the projects have any funding.  Which is admittedly embarassing.  But check them out - I love the fact that through this website I can now offer a direct lense for someone to understand and internalize the work that we do.  And to engage with it themselves.  www.FORGEnow.org!

Kjerstin